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Manitoba Communities: Souris (Unincorporated Town)
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This municipality was named for the Souris River that flows through it.
Present Status
Municipality of Souris-Glenwood (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Town of Souris (2 November 1903)
Amalgamation of Glenwood and Souris (1 January 2015)Land Area (square km)
3.64
Population
Year
Total
1906
1413
1911
1854
1916
1845
1921
1710
1926
1612
1931
1661
1936
1480
1941
1346
1946
1517
1951
1584
1956
1759
1961
1841
1966
1829
1971
1674
1976
1712
1981
1731
1986
1751
1991
1662
1996
1613
2001
1683
2006
1772
2011
1837
Mayors
Term
Mayor
1903-1906
Ainslie Lunham Young (1868-?)
1906-1909
John Dolmage (1853-1914)
1909-1912
Anthony James Hughes (1859-1937)
1912-1913
John Dolmage (1853-1914)
1913-1916
W. A. Sherrin
1916-1925
Thomas A. Lockhart
1925-1928
John Pollock
1928-1945
Charles Redpath (1872-?)
1945-1953
Robert W. Evans
1953-1957
Harry Elvin Wright (1913-1996)
1957-1959
Norman Alexander Matheson (1901-1985)
1959-1966
Harry Elvin Wright (1913-1996)
1966-1969
Leslie Wilfred Knight (1923-2016)
1969-1975
Dr. Benjamin Duke Sutter (1922-1997)
1975-1978
Leslie Wilfred Knight (1923-2016)
1978-1981
John Everett “Jack” Denbow (1947-2005)
1981-1983
Dennis Tanguay
1983-1986
Douglas R. Blanco
1986-1998
Clare Somersall
1998-2005
John Everett “Chicken Jack” Denbow (1947-2005)
2005-2014
Darryl Jackson
2015
See Souris-Glenwood
Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Souris.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Souris.
Maps
Sources
The People of Souris and Glenwood from the Earliest Beginnings to the Present by Souris and District Heritage Club Inc., 2006.
Manitoba Gazette, 1887-1959. Manitoba Legislative Library.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 December 2021
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